Members of an extraordinary family endure the bitter clash of liberalism and fundamentalism in this absorbing novel. The Glanville clan includes Edwin, a retired bishop who has lost his faith; his wife Marta, a controversial anthropologist and child of the Warsaw Ghetto; their son, Clement, a celebr
The Enemy of the Good
✍ Scribed by Arditti, Michael
- Book ID
- 107762663
- Publisher
- Arcadia Books Limited
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 638 KB
- Edition
- 4
- Category
- Standards
- ISBN
- 1908129328
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✦ Synopsis
The Glanvilles are an extraordinary family. Edwin is a retired bishop who has lost his faith. Marta, a child of the Warsaw Ghetto, is a controversial anthropologist. Their son, Clement, is a celebrated gay painter traumatised by the death of his twin. Their daughter, Susannah, is a music publicist recovering from an affair with a convicted murderer. Over three remarkable years, the family goes through a sequence of events that causes it to reassess its deepest values and closest relationships.
'Our best chronicler of the rewards and pitfalls of present day faith.' - Philip Pullman
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'A powerful, hearfelt novel.' - Tim Teenan, The Times
'His best to date...You could truly say all human life was here.' - A.N. Wilson, Reader's Digest
'A writer with quite exceptional gifts.' - Paul Burston, Time Out
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